We shot the King of Coins on the same day as the Queen of Coins, as you may notice by the overlap in the bounteous feast in the photos. They're similar cards in feel (at least to me), the main difference being that the Queen is internally concerned (abundance and protection of the self, the … Continue reading King of Coins
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Queen of Coins
The Queen of Coins was a fun, and relatively easy shoot, and thank goodness for it. We did have some trouble with costuming, because we're getting to the point in the cards where we've used pretty much everything in both our closets (and some of our friends') at least once, but Stephanie found this green … Continue reading Queen of Coins
Knight of Coins
The Knight of Coins, like all the knights, was a little difficult to initially decide on how to capture. Knights, to me, anyway, are all about movement- the transmission of information, messages, change in the air. I felt like we captured that very well with the other three knights, actually, but it did take some … Continue reading Knight of Coins
Page of Coins
The Page of Coins is probably the most dangerous card we've shot in a while, in terms of "the photographer may break her neck" possibilities. As with most of the other "don't try this at home, kids" shots, this involved me needing to be higher in the air than Stephanie, so that I could shoot … Continue reading Page of Coins
Ten of Coins
Finally- the Ten of Coins! *sound of trumpets blaring* The Ten of Coins is the card that made us plow through the rest of the coins in about a month- Stephanie very much wanted to do it around her birthday, and do it with her friend who would be visiting for said birthday in the … Continue reading Ten of Coins
Nine of Coins
The Nine of Coins was one of those cards that Stephanie and I did not agree on how to interpret; in this case, pretty much at all. But I think that we succeeded in creating images that allow for either of our interpretations, which is good. We shot in the Oakland Rose Garden for this, … Continue reading Nine of Coins
Eight of Coins
The Eight of Coins was a bit of a difficult one in deciding how we were going to portray it. Unlike some of the others, we didn't have any disagreements about what we wanted to convey, but rather were struggling with how to represent it without repeating too much of any of our prior images. … Continue reading Eight of Coins
Seven of Coins
The Seven of Coins was yet another of the coins where we agreed on the idea and interpretation, but when it came to actual execution, we were left kind of scratching our heads. The seven is a card of work in progress, of projects budding, and crops coming in, but completion still being a ways … Continue reading Seven of Coins
Six of Coins
The Six of Coins was a kind of a tricky card to shoot- we were in a bit of a rush, and an essential element of the card is that we had to have at least two other people in the image as beggars/hangers-on to make our portrayal work. Fortunately, even though it was rather … Continue reading Six of Coins
Five of Coins
The Five of Coins is one of the few completely negative cards in the tarot, which made it interesting to shoot. While Stephanie and I sometimes differ on how to portray various cards, there is very little room for interpretive differences in the Five of Coins- it is just poverty, and destitution. We knew we … Continue reading Five of Coins
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